Bill > HB31

This bill changes the law regarding primary elections in Missouri. Key provisions include: - Requiring voters to be affiliated with a political party in order to vote in that party's primary election, as evidenced by their voter registration 23 weeks prior to the primary. Unaffiliated voters can only vote on nonpartisan issues and candidates in the primary. - Establishing a closed primary election system where the secretary of state will provide local election authorities with lists of eligible voters for each political party's primary. This closed primary system will be mandatory for all partisan elections in the state, except that political parties can choose to hold caucuses or their own primary elections at their own expense. - Allowing voters to declare their political party affiliation during the voter check-in process at any election starting in 2023. - Specifying that the changes to the law regarding primary elections will take effect on January 1, 2024.